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Foreign Minister Marise Payne believes it is still worth bringing a dispute with China over wine export tariffs to the World Trade Organization, even though the federal government thinks it lacks biting. Senator Payne says the WTO needs a number of key reforms, such as making dispute settlement more transparent. “But what filing the dispute allows us to do is initiate consultation dispute settlements, which are in effect a bilateral discussion with China on the issues,” she told Sunday. ABC’s Insiders show. “We’ve seen tariffs of over 200 percent applied to Australian wine. We don’t think that’s in line with China’s WTO obligations. So this part of the process allows us to have this conversation. direct. ” Wine exports to China are just one of many Australian products in dispute with its largest trading partner, and initially coincided with Australia’s call for an investigation into the origin of the COVID-19 in Wuhan province. Last weekend’s G7 meeting in Cornwall, UK, which Prime Minister Scott Morrison attended as a guest, supported further investigation into the virus. “We are very committed to working with our partners to ensure that the phase two investigation can access the materials it needs, including in China,” said Senator Payne. “The most important thing here is that it never happens again. It doesn’t matter whether it’s from an Australia point of view, the US or smaller developing countries, we all share that point of view. ” During Mr Morrison’s talks with Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister announced that he would send the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth and support ships to the South China Sea, which Australian Navy ships will join. “We have already engaged with the UK when they sent ships to the region,” said Senator Payne. “This is a very important undertaking on their part, but we welcome it. We think it adds to the interoperability and familiarity and it is something that the Australian Defense Force and the Australian government are very happy about. support.” Associated Australian Press
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Foreign Minister Marise Payne believes it is still worth bringing a dispute with China over wine export tariffs to the World Trade Organization, even though the federal government thinks it lacks biting.
Senator Payne says the WTO needs a number of key reforms, such as making dispute settlement more transparent.
“But what filing the dispute allows us to do is initiate consultation dispute settlements, which are in effect a bilateral discussion with China on the issues,” she told Sunday. ABC’s Insiders show.
“We’ve seen tariffs of over 200 percent applied to Australian wine. We don’t think that’s in line with China’s WTO obligations. So this part of the process allows us to have this conversation. direct. “
Wine exports to China are just one of many Australian products in dispute with its largest trading partner, and initially coincided with Australia’s call for an investigation into the origin of the COVID-19 in Wuhan province.
Last weekend’s G7 meeting in Cornwall, UK, which Prime Minister Scott Morrison attended as a guest, supported further investigation into the virus.
“We are very committed to working with our partners to ensure that the phase two investigation can access the materials it needs, including in China,” said Senator Payne.
“The most important thing here is that it never happens again. It doesn’t matter whether it’s from an Australia point of view, the US or smaller developing countries, we all share that point of view. “
During Mr Morrison’s talks with Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister announced that he would send the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth and support ships to the South China Sea, which Australian Navy ships will join.
“We have already engaged with the UK when they sent ships to the region,” said Senator Payne.
“This is a very important undertaking on their part, but we welcome it. We think it adds to the interoperability and familiarity and it is something that the Australian Defense Force and the Australian government are very happy about. support.”
Associated Australian Press